a source tells cnn the fbi is investigating whether or not journalists working for rupert murdoch's news corporation illegally gained access to phone records of the victims of the september 11th attacks. one alleges that news corporation reporters tried to access phone records using bribes or illegal computer hacking. the new federal investigation comes as murdoch defends his company's handling of the scandal. in an interview with "the wall street journal" which is part of his media empire, he says that he and his management team have made, quote, just minor mistakes in their handling of the scandal. suzanne candiotti live tonight with details on just what the fbi is investigating. >> reporter: the fbi is calling this a high priority and is digging in its heels. this is going to be a broad ranging investigation. in fact, they're going to be looking into some of the very same things they were looking at in the uk. looking at phone records, looking at voice mails here in the united states, to see whether any employees or associates may have hakd into these records to see if they could get